Daily Republican., 1887-03-15
RArLnoAD DIsAsrEn.
Cars s,reaK Through = Bridge In N assa-
chnssrts--TwsntJ- Persons Kiilcd
and Ono Hundred Injured.


ham branch OF the Boston ana Provi- b
dence RailroAd, between Forest ELL =
and Roslindale, at what is known -
Bussey Park bridge.
The z O'Clock train from Dedham a
consisting OF seven cars and . baggage
car. under charge Of Conductor Tildsn, ID
broke through the bridge. The engine Q
and three cars went over safely. bat the
fve others fell through tho bridge to
ths road beneath, o distance Of thirty
feet. Ths last car, which was the
smoker, turned completely ovsr, and L
struok ON top Of the othera, all being
Tie smoking car after It fell caught /,
|fre, but the frs department wersl
promptly on hand and prevented any
spread OF the flames. The bodies Of the
/ dead have all been removed, and OF the
wounded some are nc the hospital and
acme have been taken home, 80 that IL
La very difficult 70 obtain their names
land the extent Of their injuries. Many
| of the injured we're brought to the hos
pitals In this city. the tsaip was crowd
cd With working people, and the most
Intense excitement prevails among their
friends.
The engineer, when bis engine broke
from the train, kept right on to Forest
Iping to ascertain the extent Of the aeci
ldept, and on that account 1t was pousi
lble to get assi5tance at once.
l The scene Of the accident 10 about
lmile from Jamaica Plain, where the
main line OF the Boston aud Providence
Rsilroad branches OF to the left to|
Read Vile and Providence, while to the
fright runs . sweeping curve, which 10
1.-The DsdhAm branch. This arm 10 built
Through . valley, and the embAnk'
N snt for long distance 10 . high one
Soutb street, which leaves Newton
street near the Bussey woods runs diag-
onAly under the track OF the orsnon,
and Il WAS into this cut that the cars OF
1.-The train plunged from the bridge. IL
! has been stated that owing 70 the pecu'
liar arrangement OF the abutment the
/ lbridse Was really the weakest ON the
lcopcaye side OF the curve, where tho
iheaviest strain WAS fslt.
An iuspection OF the wreck reveals
1.-The fact that the eight cars comprising
1.-The train are jumbled into complete
wreck. not one Of the coaches escapin
Islmost perfect demolition. From the
1location OF the wrecked cars 1t would
seem that the frst three cars passed
lover tho bridge safely. The structure
tevideutly gave way when the IoorIl
jcars went through TO the road dway
landing In mass OF splinters In tn
street. The cars went down In heap
the smoker, which WAS on the rear
the train, falling In the midst OF tn
:. tcoaohes, and being actually groun'
~ Into small sp.inters. The inmates Q
|. the smoker were all either killed or in
Ijured, not one escaping without fDjur
of some kind.
As the cars lie In their present locatio
lthey present q picture OF such Absolul
, Idemolition that 1t seems remarkapi
chat any person In them escaped alv,
A curious feature Of the disaster
jfound In the fact that the entire brida
went down with the wreck. Not
SCRAP OF iron remained attached 10 IL
abutments, and, but for the cbasm an
the awful wreck beneath, there WI
luothing to indicate that bridge hs
Ionce spauned the abyss. The wreck
the bridge lay under the debris OF u
train, almost completely shut out frol
view. The opinion is generally e.
pref sed by those who have personal
inspected the wreck that the breakit
Of the girder was the undoubted eau
Iof the disaster, but there 10 mach dou
Il, AS TO the cause Of the breaking ot u
tgirder.
up OF the three cars nearest the engin
(which remained on top OF the emban
ment, 10 that they must have jump
4 ] 1.-The traok whom the rear cars we
Through the bridge, the sudden stoppi
causing them 10 telescope each otf
and collapse.
workrnen have been busily engag
all day In removing the debris fIorn !
street and from the embankment. I
wIook is 10 complete that no atten
was made to save any portion of
train. The fragments OF cars are bel
removed and placed at one side. .
the wreck will ultimately be cleAI
: away. at late hour In the day,
the work OF removing the wreck v
progressing, additional evidences VI
found of this terrible nature OF the
aster. In some places were fragme
/ of flesh or pieces Of clothing which
] belonged to some victim W ose rem .
had been previously removed to
lmorgue.
There was blood over every thi
scarcely q splip ter being removed q
WAS not red btaiu ed with blood OF
victims. Most of IL pieces of cloth
found were from the garments OF
men, the number of whom on the tr
was much larger than that of the m
J and the fatality among them prof.
tionately greater. In one place
bodies of soveL women were taken
In row, all horribly mangled.
woman WAS cut completely In two.
upper half Of her body only bt
found.
A pathetic sight was that of
girls, with arms around one anot
oIlnging together IN the embrace
death. Both had been killed by bl
n n upon the head. In many instai
LIZ axes and orowhars we're necessar
lIN, lorder to free the persons who '
was necessary to cut two Of the bo
already crushed out of any sembll
to human shape, and were so tig
wed2ed In that they could be remc
n in NO other way. One old lady
taken from car uniD1ured, but
her clothing torn to shreds and pref
III ing generally forlorn appeAra
she said that the women In her
seemed to be panic stricken at the
ment the crash occurred. They
screamed and shouted, praying 10
lease. She saw one woman dying
- seAf, while another woman had
\ heno pillowed on the dying won
breast.
~ One Of the most terrible scenes al
III accident was that presented to
who hrst hurried to the street unde
brid &c. The headlees trunk OF wo
Was found lying across timber
wv one arm completely gone and the L
limbs all cut and mangled. The
was found among the tangled iron
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